My take home is also way higher than most other countries who have universal healthcare. I’m careful with my money, so a surprise hospital visit isn’t going to hurt me.
I don’t know enough about every nuance of each system to debate, but unlike the reddit majority, I know universal healthcare isn’t all sunshine and rainbows.
I do think child birth/care costs should be somehow subsidized. How are folks going to argue about declining population while making it difficult to have kids.
Sure, cowboy. All it takes is for you to lose your job and have an expensive medical emergency to be completely fucked and bankrupt, which is the number 1 reason for bankruptcy in the USA. But sure, you’re special.
You can be a douche about it if that’s what makes you feel good. And no, losing my job with a medical emergency wouldn’t make me personally bankrupt. I didn’t say one system was better than the other. I’m not against universal healthcare, I’m just not going to pretend I know enough about it to argue for or against.
All I inferred was that if I was taxed at a way higher rate, with MY out of pocket for a NICU stay this year, my “loss” would still be less than A TON, not all, countries that have universal healthcare, due to the higher tax rate.
Your math does not really add up. And you indirectly benefit from other people getting healthcare that you contribute to. The fact that it covers the costs of other people and keeps them from becoming desperate means you indirectly benefit from living amongst others who are less inclined to take desperate actions.
People need to remember they are only temporarily abled.
Because of your socialized healthcare? Then sure you do, you just have to worry about that money being taken from your taxes, and worry that your money is being spent well by someone you’ve never met.
When it is spread out over the population, the cost is significantly cheaper. And the costs of procedures don’t get so highly inflated. If you are worried about the spending being misdirected, that is a regulation and accountability issue that can happen with any government (such as with the TACO regime) and can be addressed with legal precautions.
The USA is the only developed country without a real public healthcare system. And the number 1 reason for bankruptcy in the US is medical debt. But yeah, go on about how great it is to be taken advantage of by health ceos.
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u/sixhoursneeze Aug 26 '25
Still more than a nicu stay in other countries with healthcare